Bengals hold Giants' defensive line in check

Notebook

9:20 PM,
Nov. 11, 2012

The Bengals' offensive line didn?t allow a sack in Sunday's win.

Written by

Kevin Kelly

While their teammates on the defensive line were getting frequent pressure on quarterback Eli Manning, the Bengals' offensive line handled the Giants' vaunted pass rush.

"We focused on not letting their defensive line dictate how our offense was going to run," Cincinnati right tackle Andre Smith said. "We did some extremely good things on the O-line. We're just going to continue to build on it."

The Giants entered Sunday among the league's top defenses in terms of sacks. The defensive line had accounted for 20.5 of the team's 25 total. ...